The A-Z of Alternative Words: This guide gives hundreds of plain English alternatives to the pompous words and phrases that litter official writing. On its own the guide won’t teach you how to write in plain English. There’s more to it than just replacing ‘hard’ words with ‘easy’ words, and many of these alternatives won’t work in every situation. But it will help if you want to get rid of words like ‘notwithstanding’, ‘expeditiously’ and phrases like ‘in the majority of instances’ and ‘ at this moment in time’. And using everyday words is an important first step towards clearer writing.

The Animal Rescue Site focuses the power of the Internet on a specific need — providing food for some of the eight million unwanted animals given to shelters in the U.S. every year. Over four million animals are put to death every year in the U.S. alone because they are abandoned and unwanted. Each click on the purple "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Animal Rescue Site provides food and care for a rescued animal living in a shelter or sanctuary.

Australian School of Copywriting offers specialised courses designed to teach you the art of copywriting, advertising and marketing. As a copywriter, you get to be creative AND earn great money at the same time.

Bush Heritage Australia is a national non-profit organisation that protects Australia’s unique animals, plants and their habitats.

Carmel Bell: "The Quality of your life is decided by the choices you make, every day. Ordinary choices that make you extraordinary." Carmel Bell, Medical Intuitive 2007

Earthwatch engages people in scientific field research and education to promote the understanding and action necessary for a sustainable environment.

Humane Society International Australia is the global arm of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). HSI works with national and jurisdictional governments, conservation NGOs, humane organizations, and individual animal protectionists to find practical, culturally sensitive, and long-term solutions to common environmental and animal problems.

Kids Under Cover: Our Mission is that we build homes and provide scholarships for homeless and at risk young people.

Melbourne Prize Trust recognises and rewards excellence and talent, inspires creative development and will enrich public life in Melbourne.

Nova Magazine: Australia's leading holistic health and lifestyle magazine linking East and West.

Travelwriters: A professional network of travel writers, editors and members of the public relations community. Travelwriters.com is based on a simple principle: to connect top-tier writers with editors, PR agencies, tourism professionals, CVBs and tour operators, nurturing the important link that so heavily influences the travel media.

Trav Media distributes travel news to the media.

Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) is dedicated to the protection of Victoria’s unique natural environment and its biodiversity. A member-based, not-for-profit organisation that also runs the largest bushwalking program in Victoria.

Worldwide Freelance Writer was launched in 1999 with the purpose of publishing information about freelance writing markets around the world.

World Newpapers: World newspapers, magazines, and news sites in English.

 
 
 
 
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